Dell Touchpad

A guide to uninstall Dell Touchpad from your PC

Dell Touchpad is a computer program. This page holds details on how to uninstall it from your computer. The Windows release was developed by ELAN Microelectronic Corp.. Take a look here for more details on ELAN Microelectronic Corp.. You can see more info on Dell Touchpad at www.emc.com.tw. Dell Touchpad is usually installed in the C:\Program Files\Elantech directory, regulated by the user's choice. The full command line for uninstalling Dell Touchpad is %ProgramFiles%\Elantech\ETDUn_inst.exe. Keep in mind that if you will type this command in Start / Run Note you may get a notification for administrator rights. The program's main executable file is called DellDevices.exe and occupies 4.70 MB (4923392 bytes).

Dell Touchpad contains of the executables below. They occupy 13.27 MB (13913056 bytes) on disk.

• CallMainCpl.exe (16.83 KB)
• DellDevices.exe (4.70 MB)
• ETDCtrl.exe (2.01 MB)
• ETDCtrlHelper.exe (1.53 MB)
• ETDDeviceInformation.exe (1.61 MB)
• ETDGesture.exe (1.67 MB)
• ETDMag.exe (81.33 KB)
• ETDUn_inst.exe (1.65 MB)

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This data is about Dell Touchpad version 11.3.1.4 alone. For more Dell Touchpad versions please click below:

• 11.3.16.1
• 11.3.13.2
• 11.3.17.3
• 15.3.3.6
• 11.3.15.4
• 11.3.7.2
• 11.3.8.2
• 11.3.2.5
• 11.3.11.2
• 11.3.9.6
• 15.3.0.14
• 10.3.0.49
• 11.3.10.2
• 11.3.3.5
• 11.3.5.4
• 11.3.4.3
• 15.3.2.14
• 10.3.2.2
• 15.3.1.1

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When you're planning to uninstall Dell Touchpad you should check if the following data is left behind on your PC.

Check for and delete the following files from your disk when you uninstall Dell Touchpad:

• C:\Program Files\Dell Support Center\Images\icons\png\24_24\touchpad.png
• C:\Program Files\Dell Support Center\Resources\pcdrmouse\touchpad_button_left.png
• C:\Program Files\Dell Support Center\Resources\pcdrmouse\touchpad_button_left_click.png
• C:\Program Files\Dell Support Center\Resources\pcdrmouse\touchpad_button_right.png

You will find in the Windows Registry that the following data will not be cleaned; remove them one by one using regedit.exe:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Elantech

Open regedit.exe to delete the values below from the Windows Registry:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Elantech\DisplayIcon
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Elantech\UninstallString

How to delete Dell Touchpad using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Dell Touchpad is an application released by ELAN Microelectronic Corp.. Sometimes, users choose to uninstall this program. Sometimes this can be efortful because uninstalling this manually requires some experience regarding Windows program uninstallation. One of the best EASY practice to uninstall Dell Touchpad is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take the following steps on how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO already installed on your Windows system, install it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very potent uninstaller and general tool to optimize your Windows computer.

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• navigate to Download Link
• download the setup by pressing the DOWNLOAD button
• install Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take your time to get familiar with the program's design and wealth of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good system optimizer.

3. Click on the General Tools button


4. Press the Uninstall Programs feature


5. A list of the programs existing on your computer will be made available to you

6. Navigate the list of programs until you find Dell Touchpad or simply click the Search field and type in "Dell Touchpad". The Dell Touchpad application will be found automatically. Notice that after you select Dell Touchpad in the list of programs, some data regarding the application is made available to you:

• Star rating (in the left lower corner). This tells you the opinion other people have regarding Dell Touchpad, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other people - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Details regarding the app you are about to uninstall, by pressing the Properties button.

For instance you can see that for Dell Touchpad:

• The software company is: www.emc.com.tw
• The uninstall string is: %ProgramFiles%\Elantech\ETDUn_inst.exe

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation dialog will show up. Confirm the removal by pressing the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically uninstall Dell Touchpad.


8. After removing Dell Touchpad, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run a cleanup. Click Next to go ahead with the cleanup. All the items that belong Dell Touchpad that have been left behind will be found and you will be able to delete them. By uninstalling Dell Touchpad using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no registry items, files or directories are left behind on your computer.

Your PC will remain clean, speedy and able to take on new tasks.

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Disclaimer

This page is not a piece of advice to remove Dell Touchpad by ELAN Microelectronic Corp. from your PC, we are not saying that Dell Touchpad by ELAN Microelectronic Corp. is not a good application for your computer. This page simply contains detailed info on how to remove Dell Touchpad supposing you want to. The information above contains registry and disk entries that other software left behind and Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.